BIO: Emma Lois Smith Dukes (née Tucker) was an accomplished entrepreneur, master beautician, and community leader based in Atlanta, Georgia. Over a career spanning more than 50 years, she established herself as a vital figure in Black haircare and entrepreneurship, most notably through her landmark salon, Lois' House of Beauty. Working alongside her husband, Roy J. Dukes, she developed her custom product line, Beautician’s Choice — a professional haircare line born from a simple, firsthand observation: stylists serving diverse hair textures didn’t have nearly enough retail options built for them. What started in her Atlanta salon found its way onto shelves and into the hands of clients and fellow stylists nationwide.